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The 52-year-old Burnt House Road resident displayed the badge in her car on January 23 2017 while she went shopping.

Some of the latest blue badge parking offences heard at Bath Magistrates' Court

Mr Hetherington said Townsend returned an hour after parking up, where she told parking enforcement officers the badge belong to her mother who was not present. Ironically she told the officers "it was good that your are doing this" to fight parking "misuse" the court heard.

But she refused to say where her mum was after admitting to going shopping in Bath.

Mr Hetherington said she has since apologised and "wouldn't normally use the badge in this circumstance."

She didn't appear in court for her hearing on Monday afternoon but pleaded guilty via post.

She was fined £450, ordered to pay court costs of £395 and a £45 victim surcharge.